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World history of the automobile /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eckermann, Erik (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Warrendale, Pa. (400 Commonwealth Dr., Wallendale PA USA) : Society of Automotive Engineers, ©2001.
Series:Society of Automotive Engineers. Electronic publications.
Subjects:
Automobiles > History.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The prehistory of the automobile: from ancient times to 1884
  • The development of animal-drawn transportation
  • The quest for a prime mover
  • The pioneering era and coming of age: 1885-1918
  • The four-stroke engine and early vehicles by Daimler, Maybach, and Benz
  • Further development at Daimler and Benz to the turn of the century
  • France as the pacemaker of motorization
  • Europe and North America embrace the idea of the automobile
  • The automobile industry at the turn of the century, I
  • The Mercedes era
  • The great awakening
  • Commercial vehicles and buses to 1914
  • The role of motorized vehicles in World War I, 1914 to 1918
  • The automobile as an industrial product: 1919-1945
  • American superiority
  • The situation in Germany, 1918 to 1932
  • Europe between imitation and independence
  • The automobile industry and automotive technology in the 1930s
  • The Renaissance of German automotive technology
  • Commercial vehicles and buses, 1919 to 1939
  • The diesel engine arrives on the automotive scene
  • Motorized forces in World War II, 1939 to 1945
  • The mass-produced automobile: 1946-1979
  • The automobile industry and automotive technology in the 1950s
  • The German auto industry: reconstruction and consolidation
  • The Beetle and Mini establish new directions
  • Mass motorization, and American legislative and oil crises
  • The Japanese challenge
  • The automobile as a consumer good: 1980-2000
  • New horizons through electronics
  • Auto production in other countries
  • Commercial vehicles and buses, 1945 to 2000
  • Maintenance methods: from village blacksmith to on-board diagnostics
  • Alternative fuels, engines, and drive systems
  • The automobile industry and automotive technology, 1980 to 2000
  • The automobile industry at the turn of the century, II
  • 115 years of motorized traffic and transportation: the road behind, the road ahead.